Felly



Jan. 8, 1929. 1,698,055

S. C. HATFIELD FELL-Y Filed May 31. 1922 Patented Jan. 8, 1929.

FELLY.

Application filed May 31,

usedwith a metal telly resulting in a substantial' structure of extremely long life and further providing for the convenient removal and replacement of the spokes at any time without difliculty.

The invention further relates to a telly construction and to the combination therewith of a type of demountable rim particularly adapted for use with a solid tire to I which it is permanently secured.

The invention further relates to the manner of mounting the pneumatic pad and controlling the relative motion of the parts.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated a wheel applying theteatures of my invention in the preferred form.

In the drawings: v

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of the wheel;

Figure 2 is a radial section on'the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 showing' the rim and tire and telly.

Referring to the drawings by numerals the wheel consists ofan outer or spoke section 1, and an inner or hub section 2, encircled by the outer section and spaced radially therefrom, and an annular pneumatic pad 3 between the sections. The radial spacing provides for relative motion between the sections and the pad 3 lends resiliency to this relative motion. The relative motion is con trolled and confined to a radial plane, i. e.,

to the plane of rotation by annular flanges or plates 1-5 which are secured to the-hub section 2 at their inner peripheries and bear at their outer peripheries on fiat circular surtaces 6 near the inner peripheries of the outer of spoke section.

The outer or spoke section 1 consists of an inner ring 9, and a telly 10, the parts being braced and spaced by spokes 11. To this end the inner ring 9 is formed with outwardly. disposed radially extendingsockets 12 conveniently spaced along its periphery into 1922. Serial No. 564,891.

which the bases 13 of the spokes are thrust.

The spokes are enclosed at their outer ends by metal caps or rings 14 and each spoke is 1 held in position by a screw bolt or lag screw 16 which passes inwardly through the telly 10 which is'constructed of channel shaped cross-section, the bolt passing through the bottom of the channel and into the end of the spoke in the direction of its axis, the cap 14 being suitably apertured to admit and receive the bolt. l i

With this construction 'it one or more spokes should tailor be broken in any way the telly can be removedby first taking out the bolts 16 the detective spokes can be pulled out and new ones substituted therefor by inserting one end in the sockets 12, the cap having been passed over the other end and inserting the screw 16 through the telly,

it being understood that the telly is removed by taking out all the screws 16 and replaced when the spokes have been replaced.

The telly and rim construction are of great importance. The telly as aforesaidis in the form of a channel having its sides 1920 extending outward in the general direction of the radius. The sides are preterably inclined, diverging outwardly toward the periphery so the channel is widest at the top, i. e., toward the periphery. One side, preferably the outer side 19, is formed with an edge bead 21 which is hooked to receive the edge 22 of the rim, to be described. 7

Below or inward from the hook the telly is provided with a peripherally extending shoulder 23 against which a peripheral edge or rather zone of the inner face of the rim 39 adjacent the edge, is seated, the face being indicated by reference character 26 and the zone by reference character 27. The opposite edge ot the telly is shouldered at 24 but there is no hook on this side. Lugs 30 cooperate with the hook bead 21, these lugs which are spaced at suitableintervals along the rim are held by bolts 31 passing through the telly parallel to the axis of the wheel and nuts 32 thereon. The lugs 30.

shown is wedge shaped in cross-section,

being shaped to enter a correspondingly wedge shaped cavity between thev shoulder 24 and the inner peripheral surface of the ring. The shoulder 24 being inclined for this purpose.

The rim proper as a channel shaped member 89 having two side walls 40 concave inwardly forming peripheral extending edge beads 42 to be engaged by the hook or hooks 21 or hooked flange at one side of the felly and the books 30 on the lugs at the other side.

The rim thus constructed is conveniently dem'ountable and the felly and rim are particularly adapted for use with a solid tire because there is little or no tendency to eX- pand the rim as is the case with the rim lugs in general use on pneumatic tires, the tendency to expand the rim being objectionable with solid tires because there is less tension of thetire tending to contract the rim with the solid'tire than there is with a pneumatic tire which latter when inflated applies a strong peripheral tension, tending to draw the rim' inward and contract it.

In the present lnstance there is a continuous support for the rim on both sides,

i. e. shoulder23 and ring 24, and the inclinedi sides of the folly band, compel it to assume, or try to assume a larger outside diameter, when the bolts 31are tightened,

thus automatically providing sufficient exansion to'take care of any increase of size in metal rim by usage. a

' The resilient feature has been described as comprising inner and outer sections 1 and 2 or spoke and hub sections mounted to move relatively to each other in a radial direction, means for confining the motion to a radial plane and resilient member or pad 3 between the relatively moving 1ne1nbers. The resilient member 3 has an outer peripheral bead and an inner peripheral bead 51.' The outer peripheral bead is secured to the inner rim 9 of the spoke section.

by means of a rabbet or circularly extending shoulder 53 on one side and a locking ring 54 on the other side, the latter being held in position by screwbolts 55 which pass through the ring 54 and the shoulder 'The inner bead 51 is secured to the hub section in the present instance by'two locking 7 which draw the two hub flanges together in holding the ordinary wooden spokes. The

foresaid preferably plates 4 and 5 guide the parts in their relative motion bearing on plane circular surfaces 61, 62 on each side of the ring 9.

The operation, ,i. e., the manner of setting up and taking down will be easily apparent from the description, the two parts of the wheel, i. e., the spoke and hub section may be separated by removing the nuts 59 from the bolts 58 and taking ofl one or both of the tions. The manner of removing and replacing the spokes has already been described.

The operation of removing and replacing the rim. and tire is the ordinary operation incident tochanging a demountable rim This operation'is so infrequently performed that it is feasible to place the nuts 32 on the inside instead-of on the outside. f

I have thus described specifically and 7 detail a wheel involving the various features of my invention, however, the specific terms herein are used descriptively rather than in a limiting sense, the scope of. the inventionbing defined in the claims. l/Vhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A wheel having a sheet metal felly, the

sheet metal being formed into a hook and,

supporting shoulder at one side, a supporting shoulder on the other side forming a channeL shaped member and removable hooks in the form of rim lugs co-operating with the aforesaid hook on the felly, a rim having inner edge beads to be engaged by the hook on the felly and the lug hooks.

2. A wheel having a sheet metal felly, the sheet metal being formed into ahook and supporting shoulder, at one side, a supporting shoulder on the other side and removable hooks in the form of rim lugs co-operating with the aforesaid hook flanges and a rim having concave sides forming inner edge beads to be engaged by hook flanges and lug hooks.

' ally extending hook flange on one side, a rim supporting shoulderv adjacent'the flange, a rim supporting shoulder onthe other side, a series of lug foot supports spaced inward from the shoulder, hooked lugs opposite the foot supports and with the hook. flange and means for securing the lugs in position, a

rim co-operating therewith having concave sides forming'an inner edge bead to be engaged by side hook flange and hook lugs.

. 4. A wheel having a sheet metal felly, the sheet metal being formed into a hook and supporting shoulder at one side,, a supporting shoulder on the other side and removable hooks in the form of rim lugs co-operating with the aforesaid hook flange and 'a rim llf) having concave sides forming inner edge beads to be engaged by the hooked flange,

and lug hooks. v

5. A sheet metal felly having a peripherally extending hook flange on one side, a rim supporting shoulder adjacent the flange,

a rim supporting shoulder on the other side,-

sides forming inner edge beads to be engaged by said hook flange and hooked lugs.

6. A felly having a hook flange and supporting shoulder at one edge, an inclined supporting shoulder at the other edge, a Wedge shaped locking ring adapted to cooperate with the inclined shoulder, hooked lugs also co-operating with the shoulder and the wedge ring, the felly having lug supporting bases spaced from the shoulder, a rim having concave side surfaces forming inner edge beads to cooperate with the hook flange, hook lugs, supporting shoulders and locking ring and means for drawing the lugs toward the hook fiange forcing the locking ring home and clamping the rim to the felly. Signed by me at Baltimore, Maryland, this 20th day of May, 1922.

. SOHUYLER o. HATFIELD. 

